US Fed News
April 16, 2008 Wednesday 4:47 AM EST
EARTH DAY CELEBRATION ON APRIL 22 SPOTLIGHTS PLASTIC RECYCLING PROJECT
BYLINE: US Fed News
DATELINE: JONESBORO, Ark.
Arkansas State University issued the following news release:
As part of Arkansas State University-Jonesboro’s recognition of Earth Day on Tuesday, April 22, an event will be held at the center court of the Student Union from 1 to 2 p.m. At that time, a new initiative to recycle plastic generated on the ASU campus will be announced by students and faculty from the Environmental Sciences classes. The event is free and open to the public.
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This year’s ASU Earth Day event will kick off the plastic recycling initiative, and will include guest speakers including Ryan Beaird, president of the Student Government Association, and members of the ASU administration. Dr. Dan Howard, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Research at ASU, will be a special guest speaker. Howard participated in the first Earth Day in 1970 while a student at Manhattan College in New York. In accepting the invitation to speak, Howard said that the 1970 event had a strong buy-in by the campus community in which many positive projects were spun off, including picking up litter and recycling bottles found in a nearby park.
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According to the official Earth Day website, the first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970. Today it is an annual event for people around the world to celebrate the earth and renew their commitment to building a healthier and cleaner world.
LOAD-DATE: April 18, 2008
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Howard, Dan (MC????)
[JR: Sorry, but like global warming', this seems like the religion of 'mother earth'. But then, I'm a crotchedy old injineer.]
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